killer has been arrested in france after 16 years on the run. he was hiding out as a pizza chef. and covid, vaccines and those conspiracy theories we speak to the microsoft founder, bill gates. i guess people are looking for the bogeyman behind the curtain their oversimplistic explanation. welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. and we begin in the us where the department of defence says a chinese surveillance balloon is hovering over the northern us. officials at the pentagon say the balloon had flown over the state of montana, but haven t revealed its current location. the pentagon press secretary brigadeer general pat ryder posted a statement on the department of defence website saying the balloon is being tracked. he added: he also said: our north america correspondent peter boes joins me now. we heard from officials say it isn t a threat but what more do we know about the story? this is unusual we know about the story? this is unusual but we
welcome to bbc news: i m monika plaha. our top stories: the us defence department says it s confident that a balloon spotted over montana is a chinese surveillance platform. a former russian officer tells the bbc he witnessed russian soldiers humiliating and shooting ukrainian prisoners of war. translation: the ukrainian had a blindfold on. translation: the ukrainian had a blindfold on. the translation: the ukrainian had a blindfold on. the colonel - translation: the ukrainian had a blindfold on. the colonel put i a blindfold on. the colonel put a blindfold on. the colonel put a pistol to the prisoner s forehead and said i am going to counter three and then shoot you the head. meanwhile, president putin uses the 80th anniversary of the soviet victory over the nazis in stalingrad to insist that russia will win the war in ukraine. a convicted italian mafia
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konstantin says that senior officers called him a traitor for being anti war, but he points out that he gave an oath to protect his country, not to attack another. steve rosenberg, bbc news, moscow. now to russia, where on the 80th anniversary of the soviet victory over the nazis in the battle of stalingrad. president putin has vowed that russia will win the war in ukraine. during the commemorations president putin compared russia s invasion of ukraine to the fight against nazi germany and said his country was once again being forced to resist the aggression of the west. he claimed russia is again being threatened by german tanks. it comes after germany s government has allowed its battle tanks to be sent to ukraine so they can be used against russian forces.
translation: now unfortunately we see that translation: now unfortunately we see that the translation: now unfortunately we see that the ideology - translation: now unfortunately we see that the ideology of - we see that the ideology of nazism and its modern form and manifestation, once again directly threatens the security of our country. again and again we have to repel the aggression of the collective west. it s incredible, but it s a fact. we once again being threatened with german leopard tanks. once again they are preparing to battle rusher ukrainian soil. professor david stone is a russia historian at us naval war college. he sjoins us now from rhode island. thank you forjoining us on bbc news. president putin comparing russia s invasion of ukraine to the battle against nazis in stalingrad. what do you think of this? ,., . , stalingrad. what do you think of this? ,., ., , ., of this? personally were not officially.